The effects of home-based HIV counseling and testing on HIV/AIDS stigma among individuals and community leaders in western Kenya: Evidence from a cluster-randomized trial 1 , 2

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Low, Corinne ^a   Pop Eleches, Cristian ^a   Rono, Winnie ^b   Plous, Evan ^a   Kirk, Angeli ^c   Ndege, Samson ^b   Goldstein, Markus ^d   Thirumurthy, Harsha ^e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WORLD BANK   (United States)

^e University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

community; HIV testing; HIV AIDS; randomized trial; stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879249227     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.748879     Document Type: Article

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